Well for centuries we have tried to figure out why everything in nature (and even human body) looks the way it does. I don't think that's so exciting because if the atmosphere was different, or we had different physical laws, nature would reach a new 'fractal' or '
golden number', which is 'perfect' in that context. I see it as the result of an equation: combination of variables are bound to produce a result.
Of course it is absolutely great to reproduce that equation (edit: I think function is a word that fits better) and
understand it, but it's not like a discovery, it has been there all the time, in perfect balance (equation).